Do many people have coppercoat?

[Elessar]

What is the answer regarding trim tabs, mine are awful regardless of what I try. I have no swim platform so they get alot of sunshine and growth seems to happen overnight.

as you can see form the photo of my own boat I don't know.......

I intend to experiment this winter and will report back if it works.

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[Elessar]

I paid out for coppercoat and came to the conclusion that if you are afloat 24/7 it would probably work, however in my case of sitting on mud during springs but afloat during neaps, I found that from the keel up to the first chine where she sat in mud I ended up with a fruites der mer, tube worm, barnacles, mussels,and other crape I left it for 6 months just to see if it did what it said on the tin. By that time, wot maxed at 3200 and knocked 10 kts off the top end went over to sealift2 in cowes who collected the seafood in a holding tank and can tell you how much you have been carrying around, mine was nearly 1/2 a tonne. I have photo's if you wish to see,so as far as I'm concerned it may well have been cheaper to stick with eroding af, I should add that where the boat didn't touch the mud she looked great.

where the bottom gets dirty (with mud) the critters will stick to the mud. Mud will stick to whatever you put on the bottom of your boat and the tin does not say that it is a mud repellent. But you can scrub CopperCoat as often as you like, instead of replacing your eroding antifoul. Sealift is a great way of scrubbing it but so is a mask, snorkel and brush.

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[David_J]

I have owned 1 boat with coppercoat, im glad I didnt pay for it to be done, as the theory I was told on how it works will only work on boats in total salt water.

The theory being that copper and salt water create a barrier of hydrochloric acid which should in theory not allow anything to grow on it.

To be fair weed didnt grow, only on the tabs, but a brown like furr grew on it, simply washed off with a hose when lifted.

The only gain I can see is that there is no work in painting antifoul on, but unless you decide to have it done and keep the boat for a good number of years then just stick to plain old AF.

Many thanks to all who have commented. Its interesting to see a cross section of views. I am no expert on the subject so can only comment on what we have experienced and that is during the first two years of ownership (we bought the boat at two years old) the hull was lightly "dressed" each year and performance reduced gradually from about three months after launch. This year, as an experiment, following advice from coppercoat we did not have any rub down. For the first few weeks it was full expected performance, that was early June. Then personal issues meant we could not use the boat for about five weeks or so. Begining August the hull was heavily fouled with a fur like growth that reduced max speed from 26 kts to 20. We had to have a lift out in August less than two months from the re-launch.
I did not pay for the initial application but I would not choose it on future boats. For my situation conventional antifoul just seems to give protection and so better performance for a longer period after re-launch. It just seems amazing that some people get more than a year with no growth at all!! I will have mine looked over by the Coppercoat agent at next lift out before painting over it!! Maybe we can come back to this next Spring.

 

[epervier]

where the bottom gets dirty (with mud) the critters will stick to the mud. Mud will stick to whatever you put on the bottom of your boat and the tin does not say that it is a mud repellent. But you can scrub CopperCoat as often as you like, instead of replacing your eroding antifoul. Sealift is a great way of scrubbing it but so is a mask, snorkel and brush.


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Don't be so defensive, I'm not discarding coopercoat out of hand there's a lot of money been spent on the underside of my boat,if you have an answer as to this I'm listening,but as for your first answer,Forgive me, but that's a crock of ****, the critters as you put it, did not adhere themselves to mud they stuck themselves to the bottom of my boat they were scrapped off using a garden hoe and the deck on sealift was clean not covered with critters and mud so the theory of a mud barrier doesn't make muster there was no mud, but heaps of crustaceans chassis's, other theories please

 

[PCUK]

I self applied Copperbot ( Now Coppercoat) some 11 years ago and abrade it once a year. I don't intend removing for another few years yet. I did some retouching a couple of years ago where the epoxy undercoat had been damaged and this newer layer is better, but the original is still going strong. I believe a lot depends on the boat's location.

 

[Pendana]

My boat had coppercoat put on by previous owner and is now in 9th season.
I lift out every spring and merely pressure wash off the slight covering of slime. Never had a large build up of fouling apart from a bit of a beard at the water line that simply brushes off every couple of months. I guess I'm with Elessar on this one, it seems to do what they claim.

Eddie

 

[KevB]

I put coppercoat on my boat about 4 years ago and am totally happy with it. Never had anything but a bit of slime on the sides. Once a season I anchor in a shallow bay and give it a gentle rub over with wet and dry.

Works well for me. The trim tabs have conventional antifoul and are always coverd in worms